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The electric accumulator or secondary battery, one of the most useful appliances, is the result of electrolysis reversed.
Marvels of Scientific Invention|Thomas W. Corbin
The "plates," as the electrodes in a secondary battery are termed, are generally large metal plates.
Marvels of Scientific Invention|Thomas W. Corbin
Her secondary battery consisted of six 4-inch revolving guns, discharging seventy shells a minute when operated by electricity.
Harper's Round Table, October 15, 1895|Various
The soil must be of such a quality as to convert this territory into an enormous secondary battery.
A Republic Without a President and Other Stories|Herbert Ward

He did not think, however, that a light secondary battery was by any means an impossibility.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884|Various